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  • Rebecca Marie Coleman

       Rebecca Marie Coleman, 2, daughter of Jonathan A. and Kathleen Lanza Coleman of Lawrenceville, died May 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in New Brunswick.    In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Laura E., and a brother, Robert J., both of Lawrence; her paternal grandparents, Robert and Gina Coleman…

  • Allentown girls track battles back to .500

    Win three of last four dual meets By: Neil Hay        Like May flowers, the Allentown girls’ track team bloomed in the second month of the season, winning three of its final four dual meets to end the season with a 4-4-1 record.    The Redbirds’ most recent success came May 23 at McCorristin, where Allentown…

  • Police department’s first sergeant is homegrown

    Wilson becomes squad’s first sergeant By:Vanessa S. Holt        CHESTERFIELD — For the first time, the township’s Police Department has a sergeant on the force.    Kyle D. Wilson, 26, received a promotion from patrolman to sergeant and took his oath of office May 25 during the Township Committee meeting.    Sgt. Wilson joined the Chesterfield Township…

  • Mary Kozak

    Area resident By: Staff Mary Kozak    TRENTON — Mary Bielak Kozak, 94, died May 24 at her granddaughter’s home in Hamilton.    Born in Poland, she was a longtime Trenton resident.    She retired after many years with the Trenton Board of Education.    She was a member of St. Hedwig Roman Catholic Church and SS. Peter and…

  • Memorial Day memories

    Remember when it used to be about veterans? By:Minx McCloud    I haven’t been in a parade since I was a Girl Scout 38 years ago, and although I was a somewhat reluctant participant in a Memorial Day parade Monday, nostalgia engulfed me as I thought about past parades.    I belong to a local business association…

  • Police deserve praise

    Showed great self-restraint in encounter By:Hillsborough Beacon    Township police are to be commended for their levelheadedness last month in an encounter with an 18-year-old who appeared to have a gun.    Police last month responded to a report of a man with a handgun in the Kmart parking lot along Route 206. Officers arrived and found…

  • Learning about migration

    Students exchange ‘butterflies’ with Mexican class By: Kristy Klaus ‘I am happy because I never got a letter from Mexico before in my whole life.’ Paul Wolak    Many of Ann Fowler’s second-grade students couldn’t sleep Thursday night in anticipation of opening their marisposas the next day.    Mrs. Fowler’s Slackwood School classroom was filled with “ohhs…

  • NBC softball advances to S.J. Group II title game

    Greyhounds take care of Gateway, Woodstown By:Sean Moylan        The one thing that the Northern Burlington County Regional High School softball team was missing last season was power. As a result, NBC coach Brian Wolverton implemented a strength and conditioning program into every practice.    And, as the old saying goes, “practice makes perfect.”    NBC had…